AMCULT 204 Chapter Notes - Chapter Rolling the R's: Native Hawaiians
18 Jun 2018
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Rolling the R’s
● Hawaii officially annexed to US un 1898
● When hawaii became a state their inhabitants could finally vote and have the benefits of
a US citizen
● Became important place for including racialized others
○ Non contiguous united states
● Hawaii seen as bridge between east and west
● Tourism is booming
● University of hawaii
○ Training ground for education future diplomats
○ Asian studies and pacific studies
● Big training ground for military
○ Quarter of island is military base
● Americanization spread through consumer culture
○ Sears catalog
○ And rise of shopping mall
○ Sears was flagship mall
● Plantation history
○ Native hawaiians
○ Pigeon english- what rolling the r’s is written in
○ Upon arrival at plantation workers wear a bango tags
■ They could use these to make purchases
■ Modeled off of slave tags
